Lazarus was Mary and Martha's brother, all were good friends with Jesus. Please read John 11:1-44 before starting the lesson. Let's study the death and resurrection of Lazarus, one of Jesus' best friends. The perfect Bible story to present such wonderful news is the story of Lazarus and Jesus. Not only giving you hope, but the directions to realize how to experience what lies as the basis for our hope. We're going to have a terrific study today, a lesson that will give you hope for a future glorious day. That's for sure, because God made us a promise (John 3:16 1 Corinthians 15:20-21). There is a resurrection from the dead, available for all of us. Death is the pits, isn't it? Well, great news, there is hope. Each of us is fully accountable to God for our own wrongdoing. There are no excuses, no one to blame other than ourselves. ![]() We're born sinners, we live in sin, and we die sinners (Romans 3:10-12). You and I die because of sin, not just our sin, but the original sin of mankind. That's what the Bible considers original sin and it dishonors God, bringing death to us all (Romans 5:12). Unfortunately, the human race as a whole decided they didn't want God telling them what to do. Did you realize that God didn't create us to die, but to live in bliss forever. All that's left at the end is a block of tombstone engraved with our name. All our accomplishments are buried with us. Preliminary Bible Study Questions: 1) Why do people die? 2) Who was Lazarus? 3) Who was raised from the dead in the Bible? Dying stinks. He has also received the Rosen Prize from Jack Burnham and first prize at the Bryan Invitational Exhibition from Helaine Posner.Previous Bible study lesson: Jesus and Legion Demon #6.13. His work has also been exhibited at Universities of Alabama in Tuscaloosa and Birmingham, Appalachian State University, Western Carolina University, Lynchburg College, The University of Notre Dame, Radford University, and the University of Tennesse-Knoxville. He has exhibited in the Center of the Earth Gallery in Charlotte, the Gray Gallery at East Carolina University, the Ewing Gallery at the University of Tennesse-Knoxville, Somerhill Gallery in Chapel Hill, the Greenhill Center for NC Art, UNC-Asheville, the Ann Norton Sculpture Gardens in West Palm Beach, and the Ergo Sum Gallery in Augusta. The concept of death and rebirth continues to fascinate and move us.īe Gardiner was born 1950 in Washington, D.C. The scene shifts to the lake where Jean Gray has just sacrificed herself, and deep in the water appears the moving shadow of a large bird, the Phoenix, a mythical creature which is reborn from its own ashes. White's The Once and Future King, which takes its title from this same image of death and resurrection. At the end of the science fiction movie XMen II, Professor Xavier is reading to his students from T.H. The story is a myth explaining the changing seasons.īoth myths are stories of death and rebirth, a common mythical theme. She ate, and the act obligated her to return each year to spend time with Hades. ![]() Hades, in an effort to keep Persephone, offered her food, a pomegranate. ![]() Distraught, Demeter demanded that Persephone be returned to her. Persephone, the daughter of Demeter, was loved by Hades, who kidnapped her and took her to the underworld to be his queen. The story of Persephone is part of Greek myth. Weeping, Christ ordered Lazarus' tomb be opened, over protests, and when it was, he called Lazarus back to life. When he finally reached Lazarus' home, he was met first by Lazarus' sister Martha and then Mary and the onlookers. Although Jesus had been contacted, he had delayed his coming to finish the work he was doing. Lazarus, the friend of Christ, had grown sick and died. ![]() The story of Lazarus is told in the Bible in John 11. Creston, North Carolina Chattanooga State Sculpture Garden II
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